Question
During the New Fire ceremony, priests would wear masks of this material to honor Xiuhtecuhtli [shu-te-COOT-lee]. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this material which was traded on a namesake network from Cerillos to elsewhere in Mesoamerica. Large double-headed serpent statues were decorated with tiles of this material.
ANSWER: turquoise [accept xihuitl; prompt on copper aluminum phosphate]
[10m] The first Mesoamerican civilization to use turquoise was this semi-mythical predecessor of the Aztecs who began a cult to Quetzalcoatl [ket-suhl-co-WAA-tl] at their capital of Tula.
ANSWER: Toltecs
[10e] This tribe’s squash-blossom necklaces often feature a horseshoe-shaped turquoise charm called a naja adopted from Mexican cultures. This Native American tribe has the largest reservation in the US in the Four Corners region.
ANSWER: Navajo [or the Navajo Nation]
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Summary
| 2024 Booster Shot (Columbia) | 02/23/2024 | Y | 6 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| 2024 Booster Shot (Great Lakes) | 03/09/2024 | Y | 7 | 17.14 | 86% | 57% | 29% |
| 2024 Booster Shot (Great Lakes) | 03/09/2024 | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 2024 Booster Shot (Vanderbilt) | 03/02/2024 | Y | 3 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2024 Booster Shot (WUSTL) | 03/09/2024 | Y | 3 | 10.00 | 67% | 33% | 0% |
| 2024 Booster Shot (Waterloo) | 02/23/2024 | Y | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 75% | 0% |
Data
| Vassar | Michigan C | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Case Western | Vassar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stanford | Iowa State | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Iowa | Michigan A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Michigan C | Penn State B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| North Carolina | WUSTL | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Penn State A | Ohio | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Ohio State | Michigan B | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |